Business Subject Guide
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries
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Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management
HD 30.15 .B55x (Reference)
BusinessDictionary.com is designed as a tool for quick reference and for helping users build their business vocabulary. The site features over 20,000 terms, each definition includes hot links to other terms within the dictionary.
Database of directories with the ability to sort, export, and print results. Directories include the Brands and Their Companies, Business Rankings Annual, Directories in Print, Directory of Libraries and Special Information Centers, Encyclopedia of Associations, Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media, Government Research Directory, Market Share Reporter, Publishers Directory, Research Centers Directory, and Ward's Business Directory of U.S. Private and Public Companies.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Online reference books in business, education, law, medicine, religion and social science.
Concise Encylopedia of Real Estate Business Terms
HD 1365 .R63 2006 (Reference) This book provides example forms of leases, closing checklists, purchase agreements, and lease/purchase agreements.
Full text online from over 400 encyclopedias, dictionaries and other reference books. Search a topic, build a concept map or browse information sources organized by subject. Find text, images, sound files, sortable data tables and more.
This work is a collection of definitions of marketing terms prepared by authoritative individuals in several domains and subsets of the marketing discipline/profession. This resource covers both the day-to-day terminology and the specialized vocabulary in corporate and academic use. Once in NetLibrary perform a title search.
More infoEncyclopedia of Business and Finance
HF 1001 .E46665x 2007 (Reference) Covering accounting, management, marketing, law, finance, and economics, this set aims "to summarize the body of knowledge that we know as business in a single place and in language accessible to the layperson." Special emphasis is placed on careers and ethics in various areas of business.
We have the 2001 edition online via NetLibrary.
Encyclopedia of Law and Economics
A free five-volume online encyclopedia covering many aspects of law and economics. Searchable by author and keywords. Includes 20,000 bibliographic citations.
Encyclopedia of Major Marketing Campaigns
Profiles of 500 marketing campaigns from the twentieth century, this book provides background information, strategy, and outcomes of notable print, radio, and television efforts. Arranged by company name. The link will take you to "Basic Search," click on the plus sign next to "Business," then select your title to access the e-book.
Librarian's Comment: This 11 volume encyclopedic dictionary covers accounting, strategic management, management information systems, marketing, managerial economics, organizational behaviour, international management, finance, human resource management, operations management, and business ethics.